by Brenda Angulo, Trinity Washington University , '17 | August 25, 2016
Have you ever failed in doing something? Have you ever gone a certain route and thought that you were going so well that you actually got distracted and failed? I have. Earlier this year, I got myself in a hole from which I thought I could never get out. I am still...
by Xavier Husser, Boston College, '18 | August 22, 2016
There’s a joke around Boston College that once you get on the campus you never want to leave “the Heights”. Just like Michael Corleone in the Godfather III, every time I’ve tried to leave I get pulled back in. I spent my third consecutive summer on campus not only...
by Abraham Vicuna, University of Houston | August 22, 2016
Ever since I could remember, my family and I have lived near the schools we attended. Growing up me and my siblings used to just have to walk across the street to get to school. Now the same is true. I will not be living on campus, or near campus. I will living at...
by Padah Vang, Colorado College, '19 | August 22, 2016
Hello I’m First! It is so great to be back and blogging! I am having a great summer! I still cannot believe that I will be starting on my second year of college in less than a month. In the last academic school year, I took a course called, Teaching Culturally and...
by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17 | August 22, 2016
This summer I found the Cinderella shoe of an opportunity with the Los Angeles County Department of Health in South Central Los Angeles which is also, coincidentally, my home. I interned right in the heart of my hometown of Compton which was JUST the experience I...